Book-mark.



No. 727,572. PATENTED MAY 12, 1903.

A. G. BAUER. BOOK MARK.

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Patented May 12, 1963.

PATENT ()FFICE.

AUGUST G. BAUER,- OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

Boo -MARK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,572, dated May 12,1903.

Application filed July 1902. Serial No. 117,668. (No model.)

To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST G. BAUER,a citizen of the United States,residing at Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Book-Marks, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvement of book-marks; and the object ofmy invention is to provide an improved construction of book-mark whereinare combined superior means for engaging the book-mark body with a leafof a book and indicating the particular line on the page Where thereading is discontinued. This object I accomplish in the mannerillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a viewin elevation of an open book, showing my improved book-mark inengagement with one of the leaves of said.

book; and Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section through saidbook-mark and the leaf engaged.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout both views.

My improved book-mark consists, as indicated in the drawings, of aT-shaped body 1, comprisinga comparatively narrow elongated strip orstem 2, having a transverse head 3. This head portion is, as indicatedmore clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, bent upon itself longitudinallyto form a substantially hook termination 4:. The stem portion 2 isslidably connected with a shield-like body 5 by being passedthrough'npper and lower trans verse and parallel slits 6, formed in saidshield. The upper and wider end of the shield or marker-body 5 presentsa straight horizontal edge, as shown.

In utilizing the above-described book-mark the hook-like head thereof iscaused to engage that leaf 7 of a book which is desired to be marked orindicated, the stem of the bookmark lying against the face of the leafand between said leaf and the adjoining leaf when the book is closed. Inorder to mark a particular point or line on the book leaf or page, theshield 5 is moved upward or downward on the stem 2 until the upperstraight side or edge of the shield isin alinement with or adjacent tothe reading-line to be marked.

It will also be observed that the book-mark herein described is slidablelaterally on the edge or end of the leaf, thereby permitting the markingor indicating of a certain word or words of a line. Itwill be observedthat my improved book-mark is simple of construction and that the sameis so formed that when it is connected with a leaf of a book nounsightly or undesirable projections from said book-leaves are produced.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a book-mark, the combination with a substantially T shaped body 1comprising a straight stem portion 2 and transverse head 3, said headbeing bent to a hook form, of a marking-body 5 having parallel slits 6adapted to receive said stem 2, said body 5 having a straight edge,substantially as specified.

AUGUST. G;TBAUER.

In presence of O. O. SHEPHERD, W. L. MoRRow.

